Pulley clothesline and holder therefor



Aug. 11, 1942.. J. WALDHEIM PULLEY CLOTHESLINE AND HOLDER-THEREFOR 7Sheets-Sheet 1 v .Filed Dec. 5, 1938 Aug. 11, 1942.

J. WALDHEIM PULLEY CLOTHESLINE AND HOLDER THEREFOR 7 Sheets-Sheet 2Filed Dec. 5, 1938 Aug. 11, 1942. J. WALDHEIM PULLEY CLOTHESLINE. ANDHOLDER THEREFOR Filed Dec. 5, 1938 7 Sheets-Sheet 3 Aug. 11, 1942'. J.WALDHEIM 9 PULLEY CLOTHESLINE AND HOLDER THEREFOR I 7 Sheets-Sheet 4Filed Dec. 5, 1938 Aug. 11, 1942. .1. WALDHEIM PULLEY CLOTHESLINE ANDHOLDER THEREFOR 7 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Dec. 5, 1938 AWN,

Aug. 11, 1942. WALDHEIM I PULLEY CLOTHESLINE AND HOLDER THEREFOR "7Sheets-Sheet 6 Filed Dec. 5, 1938;

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J. WALDHEIM PULLEY CLOTHESLINE AND HOLDER THEREFOR '7 SheetS -Sheet '7Filed Dec. 5, 1938 Patented Aug. 11, 1942 I rum oLo'rnEsuNE AND HOLDER;a

. THEREFOR v John Waldheim, Eliz'abeth,--N. 1 Application members,1938,.SerialNo..243,955

' 28'Claims. :.'(Cl.211 11.9-03) I This invention relates toimprovements .in pulley clothes line and holders therefor.

The I ordinary-pulley clothes line has y'fiWO reaches namely aclothescarrying reach and an direct 1 idle reach, these reaches moveinopposite tions while the line is being-operated.

Frequently the articlesof..clothesare wrapped around both. reaches of vthe line,--by the wind,

which hinders the operation, of, the line or in I other words makes. itdifficult to drawin the the idle'reach travelling in the oppositedirection to that of the clothes .carryingreach. The clothes also becomesoiled bysuch rubbing action; In

some instances thishinderance to the'operation.

of the clothes line has been so great that it has been impossible todraw in the; clothes and has clothes becauseof theirjrubbing actionagainst necessitated the lowering of the clothesline from I the pole inorder toremove the clothes therefrom.

An object of this invention is to provide means by the use of which thearticles of clothes,if-3 wrapped around the line, do not hinder the.op-,

eration of the line and do not become soiIed p To this end thereisprovided means, herein shown, in one form of the invention, as anauxiliary or guard reach, adapted totravel in the same directionastheclothes carrying reach.

The guard reach is disposedabove the idle reach of the line so that incase the articles of clothes become wrapped around the line theyare'caused,

to lie on the guard reachto be held thereby from the idle reach so thatsaid idle reach-may move I freely in the opposite direction withoutinterference with or hindrance by the clothes, thus make I ing itpossible to readily;operatetheclothes line to pullv in theline with theclothes; wrapped around'it and without soiling the clothes,

In the drawings, whichform part of the specification; V

Fig. 1 is an elevation of -a clothes line in which there are formed fourreaches, by asingle-piece 1 of line, namely a lower or clothes carryingreach, two intermediateor idle reaches and an upper or.

guard reach; v u Fig. 2 isa view similar to Fig. 1, but. on a smallerscale, showing a longer clothes line. and

the use of a plurality of holders tomaintainthe reaches of theclothesline in ,properrelation anddefinitely spaced from eachother; Fl 3Fig. 4 shows one end of the novel; and still another arrangementof,holders;.

is a view similar to Fig. 2-but shows a1, different arrangement of;holders;

clothes line Fig. 5 is an end view-of one Of the p e y brackets;

I holders attached; 25

to 20; g Figs. 25 and 26 are 'front and plan views, re-

Fig sis. a'sec'uonarview taken ontthe line 5+6:

*Figs. '7jand' 8 arefront and end elevations;- respectively, ofthe'kindof holder used on the type of clothesllin'e having four reaches;

"Fig. 9.isa horizontalsection taken on the line 9-.9.ofFig;7;.

Figs; :10 and 11 are front and-end elevations,*re-" spectively, ofa-type of holder 'used a's'illustrated iniFigs. 3 and 4; i

Fig. 12 shows "another "form or four reach clothes line and in whichthe'' intermediate reaches are located closer to the guard reach;

Figs.,13fand 14 are front and end elevations, respectively,-of a holderused-to located" close to the guardreach;

Fig.:16 is similar to Fig. but shows the'lu'wer reach shifted outwardlytowards-the-pole sup'--' 1 and a plurality of ported end of 1the'clothe's line reaches;

Fig. 18 is similar to Fig. 17 but shows'the lower reach shifted and aplurality of holdersattached; Fig, 19 shows one end of a clothes linesimilar to that shown in Fig'. 17 but illustrating another method ofattaching one'end of the guard-line Figs. 2041111121 are views similarto Figs. 17 and 18-and"show a fourreach clothes line in which; v theguard reach and one of the intermediate.

reaches are-formed by a separate'piece of'clothes li e;

Figs. 22; 23' and 24, are front, end and plan views, respectively, of anend holder which may be usedon the' clothes line shown inlFigs. 1'7

spectively, of a form of detachable holder which maybe used on theclothe's'lines shownin Figs. 17jto21;

Fig. 27 isan end view of the holder shown in Fig.

Fig. '28 is anelevation ofa clamp for securing one end of theguard'reach in the form oi clothes line shown in Figs. 17 and 18;-

Fig. '29 isavertical'section taken onjtheline" 29-29 ofFig; 28;

' Fig. 301:. an'elevati'on of a link usedlin the clothes line shown inFigs 15 a 1 v g. 31 Fig.

maintain the .reachesas'spacedinl i'g.12;

Fig.1 5' shows a four reach clothes linein which Y the two intermediatereaches are formed differ- 'ently to those'in Fig, 2 and in"-which"theyare Fig. 17 shows a clothes line havingony' three the upperp'ortion of ui m n i Iof e 1. mm 1 1* shown in Fig. 32; I

Fig. 35 is .a-vertical section taken on the line 35-35 of Fig. 32;

Fig. 36 is a side elevation of a two reach clothes line with,.meansincluding a modified form of guard applied thereto;

. tight or slackening them as desired.

Fig. 37 is an enlarged view of the holder used in Fig. 36;

Fig. 38is an end view of Fig. 36; Fig. 39 is a top plan view of Fig. 36;

Fig. 40 is an elevation of one of the rod units used in Fig. 36;

Fig. 41 is a vertical section taken on the line 4|4| of Fig. 40; and

Fig. 42 is a view showing a fragmentary portion of the rod unitillustrated in-Fig. 40 and shows the rod expanded to its longestposition.

Similarreference characters represent similar parts throughout thespecification.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the clothes line is indicated generally by the numeral29 and is supported by pulley brackets 30 and 3| between a building32and apole. 33. The clothes line in this form of the invention iscomposed of a single piece of line or rope arranged to provide fourreaches,

namely a lower or clothes carrying reach 34, two idle or-intermediatereaches 35 and 36, and an upper or guard reach 31, these reaches beingformed in the following manner. The lower reach 34 of the line extendsaround a pulley 38,

of the bracket 30, to form the intermediatesection 35 which extends fromthe upper part of the pulley 38 to the lower part of a pulley 39 on theblock 3| at the opposite end of the clothes line 29. The reach 35extends around the pulley 39 and merges with the guard section 31 whichextends from the upper part of the pulley 39 to the around the pulleys38, 39, and 4| the piece of I line forms a flat figure 8, andconsequently the r two intermediate or idle reaches 35 and '36 travel inthe same direction and opposite to the direction of travel of the outerreaches 34 and 31.

Therefore if the pieces of clothes 42; carried by the lower reach 34,and attached thereto in 1 the usual manner, arecblown over the *entireclothes line, as in Figs. 1 and 6, theyare caused to lie on the upper orguard reach 31 which prevents them from resting upon the intermediatereaches 35 and 36. Consequently since; the guard reach 31 upon which theclothes rest, always 1 Q travels in the same direction asthe clothescarrying reach 34 the line may be operated readily without hinderance bythe clothes to draw, them in and without soiling them." 7

Thepulley brackets-30 and 3| comprise each a vertically disposed, flatO-shaped member 45,

Figs. 1 and 5, through which extend spindles 46A for the pulleys, and ahorizontally disposed U- shaped member 41 the free ends of which may besecured to the sides of the O-shaped member in any convenient manner.

the U-shaped members 41 engage hooks 46 and 49 on the building 32 andpole 33 respectively.

The closed ends of Provision is made to tighten or slacken all ofthe'reaches 34, 35, 36 and 31, of the line 29, simultaneously. To thisend the rope which constitutes the four reaches has a loop 50 formedthereon, at one end, through which the other end 5| may slip freelywhile drawing the reaches Subsequently any suitable knot 52 may be madeto prevent accidental slipping of the end 5| through the l'oop 50.Thetightenin'gor. slackening of the line. may also be accomplishedindependent of the loop 50 by a special device 5h: which may be likethat shown, described and claimed in my copending application, Ser. No.243,956 filed, of

even date, December ,5, 1938.

To maintain the reaches 34, 35, 36 and 31 of the clothes line in theirproper relation and definitely spaced fromeach other, when the clothesline is long, "as in-Fig. 2, there are provided means including one ormore supports or holders 55, one

form of which-is shown diagrammatically in clothes line. -They mayreadily be attached at intervals to the clothes line as the hanging-ofthe articles of=clothes42,' on therea'ch 34, proceeds.

cured thereto. Rollers 58 are "mounted to run on the spindles 51' andcooperate with the intermediatereaches 35 and"36.- These rollersmay"be'composed of woodor other'fibrousmaterial and are therefore providedwith" bushings 59 to prevent rapid wear of said rollers-on the spi j The"rollers 58 are offset with respect to each other, as" seen in'FigQ'lysO as'to provide a diagp onally disposed slot' or passa e Way,59 between them through {which the --in't ermediate reaches 35 and 36 oftheclothes line'maybe'insertedor removed only when the holder andreaches 35 and 36' are placed diagonally with reference to each other sothat the I passageway 59" is 'sub stantially parallel with the nearestportions of the intermediate reaches 35 and 36;"jAfter the reaches 35and 36 have beenplaced between the rollers 58' and the holder hasreturned to a' vertical position with referencej'tdtheireaches 34 :and31 it'may be attached atits opposite ends to-the lower and upper reaches34 and'31, re-

spectively. 'It will be seen th'at' in this vertical position of theholderthe-flanges 60 of the rollers-'56overlapeach'other as seenin Fig.8,

and'overlap the intermediate re'aches'351 and 36, 1 as seen in Fig.7, tothus-prevent accidental de-' tachment of the holder from saidintermediate reaches or yice-versa.'- l

To attach each holder 55 to the outer reaches 34 and 3 1 its body part-56 is provided with hook-like attaching means 6| and 62. The

hook-llk'e'means 6|; in" this form of holder, com-, V prises twoupturned hooks 63 which extend to one side of the body part 56 so thatthereach 34 may readily be inserted into'said hook-"like means from oneside of theflholderf" The hooks 63 are angularly disposed with referenceto 'each other so as topresent corners 64'and 65 to form a bight 66 inthe reach 34 to thereby grlpjthe'reach 34 tightly and cause the holdertravel therewith. To preventaccide'ntal detachment of the holder 55 fromthe"reach 34', there are provided two obstructing orguard members 61associated with I the hook-like means and'which; in the present 7 formof the invention, are located one on the Each holder 55 comprises'a'bodypart 56 having two stationary; cantilever spindles 51 seupper end ofeach hook 63. These guard members extend diagonally over the reach 34 toprevent accidental removal of the reach 34 from the hooks 63 and thusaccidental detachment of the holder from the line is prevented.

To attach the holder 55 to the reach 34 the latter may first be placedin'one of the hooks 63 and under the guard 61 by placing said'holderdiagonally with reference to the reach 34. The

holder may then be brought to a verticalposi-' tion and the other partof the reach 34 may now be readily pushed down over the incline face 63of the guard member 61 on the other hook 63 until it snaps under theguard member 61. To remove the holder 55 from the reach 34 the latter isbent back at one side of the holder and towards the body part 56 thereofuntil it clears the guard 61. out of one of the hooks 63.

members 61 extends under the reach 31 to pre-- vent accidentaldetachment of the holder from said reach. It is immaterial whether theholder is first attached to the lower reach 34 or upper reach 31. In anyevent, however, the holder should be brought to a vertical positionbefore it is attached to the second outer reach.

The reach may then be lifted Subsequently theholder may be turnedslightly about its vertical and the opposite end maythen be applied tothe other outer reach. Accordingly either one of the rollers 56 iscapable of running on the intermediate reaches 35 and 36 while the otherroller, located under the reaches 35 and 36 serves only as a guard toassist in preventing accidental detachment of the intermediate reaches35 and 36 from theholder.

Instead of the holder 55 thetype indicated by the numeral 16, Figs. '10andll may housed in the manner indicated diagrammatically in Fig. 4. Itwill be noticed that the holder has only one roller 58a which issupported on a spindle 51a and runs onthe intermediate reaches 35 and36. The flange 66a of the roller 58a cooperates with a guard, member. orfinger H toprevent accidental detachment-of the holder 10 from the ticalwith that of the hook-like means 6| of the 1 All of the corners whichcome in contact with the reaches 34, 35, and 31, such as the side'edgesof the body part and the corners 64, 65 and others, are slightlyroundedso as to prevent cutting of the line reaches thereby. This isalso true of all of the other holders herein described.

From the above it will be understood that each holder 55 hangs on theupper .reach 31 by its hook-like means 62 and is supported ontheintermediate reaches and 36'through the upper one of its rollers 58, andthat the lower reach 34 is supported by the'holder through the medium ofthe hook-like means 6!. It will further be understood that the holdersare secured to the outer reaches 34 and 31, and that they not onlyprevent the spreading of the outer reaches34 and 31 with reference toeach other and with reference to the intermediate or idle reaches, but

because of the guard members 66, they also prevent movement of saidreaches towards each other, which may otherwise be caused by the clotheswhen tightly wrapped about the clothes line. It will also be understoodthat as many holders may be used on a clothes line as are foundnecessary in accordance with'the length of said clothes line. It will.be understood that without the use of one or more holders, oftheintermediate reaches. To attach the holder 10 toor-detach it from theintermediatereaches 35 and 36 it must be placed diagonally withreference to said intermediate reaches so'that said reaches may bepassed through-the passage way 59a formed by the flange a and .the guardmember or finger H. The finger 1| maybe struck up from the body part 56aand extends forwardly therefrom. It is located in a hori-' zontal planesufiiciently close to the lower portion of the flange 60a to preventdetachment of the reaches 35 and 36 from the roller 58a while;

the holder is in a vertical position.

- To attach the holder ID to thelower or clothes supporting reach 34, itis; rovided with hooklike means 61a the construction of which isidenholder 55 shown in Fig. 7, corresponding parts being identified bythe same reference characters with theaddition of the letter a. I

The holderslll, are used in'pairs, one of eac pair beingapplied, asabovedescribed,.to run on the intermediate reaches 35 and 36 by which itis supported, and to support the clothes carrying reaches 34. The otherholder I0 of the pair is inverted asin Fig. 4, and is applied to andhangs from the upper reach 31 through the metween'theholders 55. be usedto agood advantage on an ordinary two dium of the attaching means 6la.Itis located close to the other holder 16 and the roller 56a thereofengages under the intermediate reaches to support them. I

These holders 10 may be used in pairs instead of each holder55 as abovementioned-or they may be used individually withthe holders 55 asillustratedin Fig. 3, where they are located be- The holder 10 may alsoreach clothes line for the purpose of holding said reaches togethenandwithout the possibility oI accidental detachment from either reach ofthe clothes line; When the holder 10 is'so used the groove in its roller58a may besufliciently narrow to accommodate only one reach oftheclothes line. s

In the clothes line 2917 the intermediate reaches 35 and 36 may belocated close to the upper reach 31 as illustrated in Figs. 12, I3 and14; For this purpose the pulleys 38b and 46b and the pulleys 39b and4!?) may be staggered with reference to each other in their brackets41b, and the type of holder which may be used on this clothes line isindicated generally by the character 15.

The holder 15 is, insome respects, like the' holder 10 of Fig. 10 sinceit hasa similar roller crating with a flange 60b of roller 58b toprevent accidental detachment of the holder 15 from the intermediatereaches 35b and 36b. At its lower end, the holder 15 is provided withhook-like attaching means Blb which is also like that of the holder 10and supports the lower reach 34b of the clothes line. The holder I alsoresembles the holder 55 since it is provided, at its upper end, with ahook-like means 62b to hang on the upper reach 311). This hook-likemeans 62b is formed by a single lip 63b bent from the body part 5612 toform an inverted groove 16 in which the upper reach 31b of the clothesline 29b engases.

The free end of the lip 63b is provided with guard members 11 whichextend downwardly towards the flange 60b of roller 58b and cooperatetherewith to prevent accidental detachment of the holder from the reach31. 'Io detach the holder from the line the reach 31 may be bent or theupper end of the holder 15, which is free to slide on the reach 31, maybe moved to one side in the direction of the reach, sidewise in Fig. 13,until the reach 31b clears one of the members 11, in order that thereach may be moved through the passage way 18, formed by the members l1and the flange 60b of the roller 58b After thus removing the reach 31bat one side of the holder the upper end of said holder may be moved tothe opposite side in Fig. 13 to complete the removal of the reach 31bfrom said holder.

It will be understood that in the holder 15 only the hook-like means Glbgrips the clothes line, the hook-likemeans 6317 at the upper end simplyhangs on the reach 31b but does not grip it, therefore the holder mayshift slightly, if necessa,ry, relatively to the reach 311), thuspermitting said holder or holders to remain vertically disposed withreference to the line in case the tightening thereof is effected afterthe holders 15 have been attached. Said tightening, it will beremembered, may be effected by the special device 5hr. When the specialdevice ikc is used the tightening may be effected after the clothes arehung on the line and it is then that the upper reach 31b shifts slightlyrelatively to the upper ends of the holders 15.

In Figs. 15 and 16 there is illustrated another form of clothes lineindicated generally by the reference character He and having fourreaches 34c, 35c, 36c and 310. In this form of the invention the line issupported by two large pulleys 38c and Me and two small pulleys 39c and400, each pair or pulleys at the opposite ends of the line beingsupported in a suitable'bracket, not shown, to suspend the clothes linebetween suitable supports, such as a building and a pole, the smallerand larger pulleys being used instead of the staggered pulleys of thesame size, shown in Fig. 12, to cause the intermediate reaches 350 and36c to be located closer to the guard reach 310.

The reaches 34c, 35c, 36c and 310 are of the clothes line 290 are alsoformed of a single piece of rope, but the intermediate sections 350 and360 do not extend directly from one end to the opposite end of theclothes line but each reach is composed of two sections which extendtowards each other to form loops 80.1: in which engage rollers 80 of alink 8| to thus-connect said intermediate sections.

All of the reaches 34c, 35c, 36c and 31c of the clothes line 29c maybetightened or slackened, simultaneously, and also secured, similarly tothose of the line 29 of Fig. 1, by means of a loop 1 50a and a knot 52c.I 1 The link 8|, as herein illustrated, see Figs. 30/ and 31, iscomposed of two plates. 82 separated from each other by shoulderedrivets 83 upon which the pulleys 80 are mounted to rotate freely. Theends 84 of the-plates 82 are bent in sofas to facilitate its passagethrough a holder {85, Fig. 25. I 1 J The holder 85, which is used on theclothes line 290 of Figs. 15 and 16, is illustrated in Figs. 25, 26and27 and is similar to the holder I5, shown in Figs. 13 and 14, since itis provided with a roller 58c supported by a headed spindle 510 securedto the body part 580 and because the lower and of the body part isprovided with hook- I like means Bic, like that shown in Figs. and 13,

which grips the reach c to cause to travelwith said reach.

The hook-like means He at the upper end of the holder 85 is also similarto that of iholder 15 since it does not grip the reach 310 to permitslight, freedom of movement between he holder and the reach 310. Itdiffers in o struction, from that, of holder I5, however, i that thehook 630 is formed at the upper end f a narrow portion 86 of the bodypart 560. A fur er distinction of the construction of the ho er 85 oversaid holder that of holder 15, is that the guard embers 11c do notcooperate with the flange 80 of the roller 580, but with-the-narrowportion to prevent Thus it is impossible to remove the reach, while instraight condition, from the hook 630. In order to remove it, it isnecessary to fangularly dispose the reach and holder with reference toeach other, as viewed from the top, Fig. 26, until the reach 31c clearsthe free end of the member whence the reach may be moved downwardly atone side of the holder, out of the hook 63. This operation is thenrepeated at the bpposite side of the holder to completely removerlthereach 310 from said holder.

The intermediate reaches 350 and 36c are guarded against accidental.detachinent, from the holder 85,- bythe guard finger illc which extendsupwardly tooverlapping re ation with respect to the flange "c of theroller 580 as viewed from the right hand side of Fig. 25: The finger Ilc forms with the roller flange 60 a passageway 59c through which theintermediate reaches may be passed, for the purpose of attaching ordetaching, only when the holder and the pair of reaches are angularlydisposed with respect to each other in a vertical plane 1 in which theclothes line is disposed.

There is a natural tendency for gthe link 8| to remain vertical on theline, as in Figs. 15 and 30, and provision is made to facilitate itspassage through the holder 85, one or more of which may be used on theclothes line 2903- To this end the ends of the plates 82, as previouslystated, have their ends 84 bent inwardly, ias shown in Figs. 30 and 31,to prevent catching on the edges of the body part 560, the edge of theguard finger II and the side edges of the body part 560. Theopposite'side edges of the body part 560 are also provided, for thispurpose, with outwardly and rearwardly extending lips 81 and 88 whichmay be of any suitable length.

The invention may also be appliedito an already. existing two reachclothes line by supplying only enough new rope to provid the guardltdreach Keeping costof n' aterial in applying theinvention. For

this purpose provisioir is made; see .'7I and My .118", of a guard line31d whlchis formedof w -n c '8 ime a p i d i i th elm-a v existingclothes line supported by two pulleysjilll, and havingtwo reaches,namely the cIothescarr' ach i'iha i ea h g -st'j r separate piece 89'ofIrope-0r me mayb vattack 65 byisecuring one 'end', thereof toaspecially fofrned 1 ep -91 i the" lower reach 34d, the. loop 9 l peingformed far enough from the'loop- 5911 to never pass through; the latterloopv while tigh terif the reaches IOfHtheJitle-ZSdr ,The pieoe of lineextendsfiorn sai looplthroughfa holder 92, indicated diagrammatically fin' Figs and lij but' shownp clearly'in rug 22 23 and 2 4,; and

which is'secu'red tothe' olothes supporting reach rope. then extendsfrom the upper part] of the bracket 92 to a pulleyvv39d'which may, ifdesired, be'supported by eeperete bracketdndependente 31dJas.hereinaftei des c lfibed. ",Thetpiece ,18 9of 1y of the pulley 901 ThepieCeLjfiQolf rope passes over. and ,around, the. pulley 39d and extendsto the oppositeendofitheclothesline 29d where its other end; may be;secured togeach 3 5d -by-a ,C1amp'93 illustratedin Figse28'and 29. a,

of the; body part" 56dto "facilitate the thumb, screwy-1'99 t at aveiibes ibieloss ofthesefparts. jaw 9511s. knurled at 102, tha was; g n theholder s2 15; preview; this upper end,

, 103' vandr'ainiiddle fingeri1.04; These fi gers are" arranged tdform abight m; in the line portion 89, as shown inFi 'L Zl, Thusthe lppefj'end or the o l =:rv 92 s fi mly, and kept fromshifting twardlmjatitsiupper end, in 'Fig s.ljl8""arid 22 The holder 921s also provideowith a' QuertM-Wnieh is s'uppo'rted on a spindle smand rims Onjthe'resented. A guard sitely disposed plates I05 a I06 having knurled"groves 1191' and llljflto enibraoe the reach 35d'and end of the 1 6forlinefsection 89; Said plates fm r' e drawn w a er y r w 10 t ht forms.p'art of the. means for loosening vor tight:

[enin'gf airthe "reaches I of: the .line Z9d,' "may ;be

formed as" at s I e, Fig; "19, in which' the loop and that end ofropewhich slides through itarearanged-,ierever se;or er t hat's wn' n 7andfltheend pithep om ma besercured directly to said troo gln 'thisarrangement the m rat n'f e c al 1 0 ten s ow in F g; 17; is avoided'andtheg end' o ffthe 1 ope;89

S- mmd b'ftli a d ;e n n-inert, should be .understoodlalso that, inteadof v attachingithej'endjof the? line fportion. 39 the clothescarryingreachttd by means, oflloops 9lv 0r 50ef it maybe secured tosaid-.reachby means of ,fa'cl ainpfisuch as 93 shown"in -,E-ig.: 2 8. ltwill. be' understood that thejpiece of rope a fcon'st'ituting theguardjreach 31 may also be "applied to 'tlie'eline', if," desired byiirst attaching ithy'hieans of thep xe'mp' 93 and then attaching it, atthe, l'oop'f'9']. In any, event; the reaches 34d and 3511 are firsttightened by means of the loop d1andknot it'd before 'securingthe lastend of the rope;styre etheeuam section 31d, which remains v permanentlyattached as part of the line 29d, may: readilyfb'e loosened ortightenedfsimutafneousw w njm e etheirew s fii Only one holder}?il1ustr'atedinfigs21, 22, 23 and 24 is used on the clothes ,lineshown'inFigs 17 and 18 T This holdfii? is similar tothe holder 85showninFigQ25QInstead oithe'hooklike s'ecjuring rneans 6 |c', however; it is, providedat its lower {end with securing n eansin theiorrn'otjaiclampoldcoinprising a fixed jaw 95, f or rne d in a w h th bodyxpm'5 d;;a fiaw as e: .v is aim'ovableplate91:11:. v The .body-partiSd hasa horizontaljgrove fl n which alip stfbrjthe jaw 95 engages, and'aboutwhich the jaw 96 maybe swung to adjust it properlyto the other jaw 95 p6 11' m e op at ya; this the the dy' art ssaj The "iree'endjo'f theshank -"l09'isprov'idd with an annularrib IM to prevent detachment ofthe clamp plate Six and grip' the m'pe"'as and reach ja sdfthegsha ks orsaid screws passlngfreely throughthe plate? I05 nd b ing threa ed into,the'pth'er plate 106.

'= To further neonatethe passage of thelclarnp 293 1 through thefholder92 there is provided on, one

readily; guides 'the'l c'la'inp 93 'under the roller 58d I "I05 and I96may also be" provided withprojections I I l' which are also bentinwardly from each plate and towards "each other like'the ends 84 of thelinl; 84 .The edge portions, of each of the. plates "l05'iandf| 0, aboveandhelowthe projections: Ill rounded to i ur'ther facilitate 'passa geof the cl mp 93 through the holder 92., y

"another form of holder, 1 l5; illustrated in Figs. 321'to'j35inclusive, may be used instead of the holder}! shown in 22. This holderI I5 is provided at its'iipper endwith an aperture for the purpose ofsecuring thereto one end ofhthe reach "31d instad'oi securlng itto thelower. reach 34d asshowndn 18 Archer 58} rotates in a. spindle 59f'Sec1iredi to-the body part 5 6jofjsald holder, thelflangefiflf of saidroller cooperating with a 'Tguard} sneer 1 If" to prevent accidentaldetachmento f theholder'froi'n the reach35d. 'lhelowei reach 34d bymeans, of a clamp 6| which} is, similar .7 the clamp 61d except I thatthe jaws 9ifjand 96f ,areheld together by two ma mneis ewsrl99 f. I l im V 'Ifhe tendeneyof thgnardfreach 31a is to pull the lippeifgeildvof-ithe-holderlli leftwardly in Fig 3 This-tendency is counteractedbyan arm 9H1 xtending-fron'rone side of theholder and alng thereach 34d towhich the distal end of saidtarm may 'berattached-in any suitablemanner. As herein illustrated the arm H1 'is L'- shapedand forms part'oftheclam'p jawf, and

' to facilitate attachment thereof to the reach- (1 it is providedwithanfelongated-slot I I8 through which' 'there'ach 34d extendsdiagonally'as shown in '1 "lg'.34, therea chfudbeing lnsertable intosaid slot through a narrowi passage H9; :Thus it wlll be understood thatas the guard reach 31d pulls leftwardly on the upper end of the holdermlii sl me ns: ec mpos g twoputer H the distal end of the arm II1pressed downwardly against the reach 34d to counteract the tendency ofthe guard reach and thus the holder H5 is maintained in a substantially"vertical position by the arm I I1 acting againstrthe reach 34d. It willbe understood from Fig. 32 that the slot H8 and narrow passage IIO formguard members II9x to prevent accidental detachment of the distal end ofthe arm II1 from the reach 34d.

From the foregoing it will be understood that there is provided, by theadditional piece 89 of line, an extra pulley 39d and a holder such as 92or H5, a three reach clothes line including a guard reach 31d to preventthe clothes from grubbing on the idle reach 35d of the clothes line, andthat in the event that the clothes'line is long additional holders 85may be attached thereto, as shown in Fig. 18, as the operation of the.line proceeds in hanging out the clothes,

By employing a longer portion 89g of rope, as shown on the clothes line29g, illustrated in Figs. 20 and 21, the use of clamp 93 such as used onthe clothes line 29d, Fig. 1'1, may be avoided, and detachable holders85, as shown in Fig. 25, may be used. In this form of clothes line theextra portion 89 of rope which forms the guard reach 319, is long enoughto extend around the pulley 00, at the right in Figs. 20 and 21, in allpossible positions of the clothes line and never passes any of theholders 15 and 92.

Thus the clothes line 299, has four reaches 349, 35g, 38g and 31g; twoof the reaches 349 and 35g constituting the two reaches of an ordinaryclothes line, the two additional reaches, 389 and 319,, being providedby means of the separate piece 899 of rope which is supplied principallyto form the guard reach 31 to. prevent the clothes from rubbing againstthe intermediate reaches 35g travelling in a direction opposite to theclothes supporting reach 31g and said guard reach.

It will be understood that light articles such as hankerchiefs andtowels may be hung, if desired, from the uppermost reach of the clothesline. If the clothes line is so used or otherwise the holders orseparators 55 or 15 and the taut condition of the clothes line betweenthe separators prevent sagging of the upper reach, under the weight ofthe clothes which may be hung therefrom, and thus prevent bearing downand rubbing on the intermediate reaches.

Another advantage of the holders 55 and 85 is that they cause the loads,which may be supported by the upper and lower reaches, to be partiallyborne by the intermediate reaches.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 36 to 42 inclusive thepulley 1ine29p is composed of only two reaches as the one shown in Fig.32, namely a clothes carrying reach 34p and an idle reach 352). Theclothes line 29p is supported at opposite ends by pulleys 90p aroundwhich it runs freely. In this form of the invention there is provided aplurality of holders I80 each having means 8 Ip at its lower end wherebythe holders may be attached to the clothes carrying reach 34p. Eachholder I80 is further provided with two supporting rollers 58;) toembrace the idle reach 35p to keep the two reaches close together. Theidle reach 34p assists in maintaining the holder in upright positions.

A guard roller Hg; is also provided beneath the reach 35p to cooperatewith the rollers 1Ip to prevent accidental detachment of the holder fromthe reach 359 of the line. To attach the zontal portion I1 I.

holder I to the idle reach p the latter is passed through the spaces 59pformed by the rollers 58p and roller 59?. I

In this form of the invention the guard means, which prevents thearticle of clothes from lying on the idle reach'35,consists of bars'31:) extending from one holder I80 to the next as shown in Fig. 36,

,The bars 31p are detachably mounted on the holders I80; To this endeach rod has at its end, downwardly extending portions-I8 I, the freeend I82 of each portion I8I being tapered so that it may be readily beinserted into an aperture I88 of the holder I80.

Each rod'81p is adjustable lengthwise so that it may be expanded inaccordance with the distance between two holders and so that it may becollapsed to occupy a minimum of space while storing. For this purposeeach rod is composed of two members I84 and I85, the member I84beingprovided at one end with an eye I88 which embraces the member I85and through which it may slide freely. The'rod member I85 is alsoprovided with an eye I81 which similarly embraces the rod member I84.

Provision is made to prevent sagging of the rod 31p at the middlethereof when it is in its extended position, a stop I88 being providedon the member I85 which engages the eye I88 as shown in Fig. 42'so thatthe eye I81 is far enough from the'eye I88, while the rod is expanded toits maximum length, to prevent sagging of the rod.

To retain the rods 31p on the holders I80, or in other words preventaccidental detachment therefrom, each holder has formed thereon at itsupper end two adjacent retaining members I89 each retaining member beingcomposed of a back portion I10 extending upwardly" from the body part58p of the holder, a, horizontal portion I10 extending from the backportion I1I and a tongue I12 extending downwardly fromthe hori- A detentI13 may be provided in the back portion I10, and a similar detent I14,formed'on the lower end of the tongue I12, engage in an-annular' grooveI15 formed above the tapered end I82 of the end portion I6I of the rod.The members I 89 are resilient and thus it will be'understood that therod ends I8'I may be readily inserted between the detents I13 and I14 ormay be withdrawn therefrom at will, but that the rod is held by saiddetents I13 and I14 against accidental detachment.

It should be understood that in the form of the invention illustrated inFigs. 36 to 42 inclu sive it is possible to use an ordinary two reachpulley clothes line and that the guard rods 31p may be spaced apart fromeach other and be located only on those portions of the line where longarticles of clothes are hung.

While certain preferred embodiments of the invention have beendescribed,'it will be understood that certain parts may be used withothers and that changes in the form, arrangement, proportions, sizes anddetails thereof ,may be made without departing from the scope of theinvention as definedin the appended claims.

Iclaim:

1. The combination with a clothes line having two reaches, namely aclothes carrying reach, and an idle reach, and devices to so supportsaid line that said reaches may travel in opposite directions, of athird reach, means to cause the third reach to travel in the samedirection. as the clothes carrying reach to prevent the clothes and anidle reach, and devices to so supportsaid line that said reaches maytravel in opposite directions, of an auxiliary reach to prevent theclothes from lying on and dragging over the idle reach while they arewrapped about the clothes line, means to support said auxiliary reachclose to the idle reach and a plurality of devices to keep said reachesproperly spaced and from moving towards or away from each other.

'3. The combination of a clothes line havinga clothes carrying reach,and an idle reach, means to support said line so that said reachestravel in opposite directions; a' guard reach close to the idle reach,-means to cause the guard reach to travel in the same direction as theclothes carrying reach, said guard reach being effective to prevent theclothes from lying on and dragging I and a plurality of readilyattachable devices adapted to travel with the outer reaches and to keepall of said reaches definitely spaced so as to prevent movement thereoftowards and away from each other. I

9. The combination of a clothes line having three'reaches, namely twoouter reaches travelling in the same direction, and an intermediatereach travelling inthe opposite direction, means to support said reachesfor travelling movements,

a detachable device adapted to travel with the outer reaches andkeep'all of'the reaches definitely spaced so as to prevent movementthereof towards and away from each other, and means on said device toprevent accidental detachment thereof from any one of said reaches.

10. The combination with a clothes line having a, clothes supportingreach and an idle reach,

and means to support said reaches for travelling movements, of aplurality of holders, means on each holder to attach it to the clothessupporting reach of the clothes line, means on each holder to facilitatetransit of the holder on the idle.

reach of the clothes line, the last mentioned means being also effectiveto space the clothes carrying reach from the idle reach, and guard reachsupported by said holders to prevent the idlereach, and pulleys tosupport and guide all of said reaches.

5. In a clothes line the combination of a plu'' ralityof pulleys, and asingle piece of line supported by said pulleys in'a manner to providefour reaches, namely two intermediate reaches and two outer reaches, theintermediate reaches being arranged to travel together in the samedirection and in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of the'outer reaches, one of the outer reaches serving to carry the clothes,the

gagement with the idle reach;

11. The combination of a clothes line having four reaches, namely twoouter reaches travelling -in the same direction and two intermediatereaches travelling in'the same direction but opposite to the directionof travel of the outer Y reaches, means tosupport said reaches for traveling movements, a holder, means at the ends of said holder to embracethe outer reaches of the clothes line to keep them definitely spacedfrom each other, and means on" said holder to keep the intermediatereaches definitely spaced from the outer reaches.

-l2. The combination of a clothes line having a clothes carrying reach,and an' idle reach, a guard reach, means to support said reaches fortraveling movements; a holder having means to attach it to the clothescarrying reach, means to facilitate freedom of transit of the holder onthe idle reach, and means on said holder to support the guard reach tocause it to travel with opposite to the direction of travel of the outerto support said reaches for travelling movements, 7

and means adapted to travel with the outer reaches and keep all of saidreaches definitely spaced so as to prevent movement thereof towards andaway from each other.

8. The combination of a clothes line having three reaches, namely, twoouter reaches travelling in the same direction, and an intermediatereach travelling in the-O p site direction, means to support saidreaches tortravelling movements,

the clothes supporting roach, the'last mentioned means and the thirdmentioned means cooperating to hold the guard reach definitely spacedfrom the idle reach.

13. The combination with a clothes line having a clothes carrying reach,and an idle reach, and means to support said reaches, of a guard reachand a holder having means to attach it to the clothes carrying reach,means to facilitate freedom of-transit of the holder on the idle reach,means on said holder to support the guard reach, the attaching means,the transit means and the guard supporting means serving to keep thethree reaches definitely spaced with respect to eachother, and means toprevent accidental detachment of the holder from the clothes line.

14. The combination of a clothes line having three reaches, two of saidreaches arranged to travel in the same direction and opposite tothethird reach, means to support said reaches for traveling, one of saidtwo reaches serving to carry the clothes, and a holder to travel withsaid two reaches and hold all or said'reache's spaced from each other,the'other one of said two reaches serving to prevent the clothes fromlying on or dragging over said third reach.

15. In a clothes line, the combination of a plurality of pulleys, asingle piece line supported by said pulleys in a manner to provide fourreaches, namely two intermediate reaches and two outer reaches, theintermediate reaches travelling together in the same direction andopposite to the outer reaches, one of the outer reaches being locatedbelow the intermediate reaches and serving to carry the clothes, theother outer reach being located above the intermediate reaches andserving as a guard to keep the clothes from lying on the intermediatereaches when the clothes are wrapped around the clothes line, and meansto hold the two intermediate reaches together, said means serving alsoto hold the two outer reaches spaced from each other and from theintermediate reaches.

16. In a clothes line the combination of a plurality of pulleys, asingle piece line supported by said pulleys in a mannerto provide fourreaches, namely two intermediate reaches and two outer reaches, theintermediate reaches travelling together in the same direction andopposite to the outer reaches, one of the outer reaches serving to carrythe clothes, the other outer reach serving as a guard to keep theclothes from bearing down on and dragging over the intermediate reacheswnile the clothes are wrapped around the line, and a plurality ofholders, each holder engaging the two outer reaches and travellingtherewith, each holder being supported by one of the outer reaches andserving to support all of the other reaches and to keep them definitelyspaced with respect to each other.

17. The combination of a clothes line having two reaches, namely aclothes carrying reach and an idle reach, means to support saidreachesto travel in opposite directions, and means to travel with the clothessupporting reach to prevent the clothes from lying on the ,idle reachwhen the clothes are accidentally wrapped about the clothes line and toprevent the clothes from dragging over the idle reach, said meansconsisting of two brackets on the clothes supporting reach, and a barextending from one bracket to the other, said bar being located abovesaid idle reach.

18. The combination of a clothes line having two reaches, namely aclothes carrying reach and an idle reach, means to support said reachesto travel in opposite directions, and means to'travel with the clothessupporting reach to prevent the clothes from lying on the idle reachwhen the clothes are accidentally wrapped about the clothes line and toprevent the clothes from dragging over the idle reach, said meansconsisting of two brackets on the clothes supporting'reach, and a barextending from one bracket to the other, said bar being located abovesaid idle reach, said bar having two sections to vary the lengththereof.

19. The combination of a clothes line having two reaches, namely aclothes carrying reach and an idle reach, means to support said reachesto travel in opposite directions, and means to travel with the clothessupporting reach to prevent the clothes from lying on the idle reachwhen the clothes are accidentally wrapped about the clothes line and toprevent the clothes from dragging over the idle reach, said meansconsisting of two brackets on the clothes supporting reach, a barextending from one bracket to the other, said bar being located abovesaid idle reach, means to facilitate detachable mounting of said bar onsaid holders, and means to prevent accidental detachment of the bar fromthe holders. v

20.The combination ofa clothes line having two reaches, namely a clothescarrying reach and an idle reach, means to support said reaches totravel in opposite directions, and means to travel with the clothessupporting reach to prevent the clothes fromlying on the idle reach whenthe clothes are accidentally wrappedabout the clothes line and toprevent the clothes from dragging over the idle reach, said meansconsisting of two brackets on the clothes supporting reach, a barextending from one bracket to the other, said bar being located abovesaid idle reach, meansto detachably support said bar on said holders,the barhaving a plurality of sections to vary its length, and means toprevent accidental detachment of said bar from saidv holders.

21. The combination of a clothes line having two 'reaches, namely aclothes carrying reach and an idle reach, means to support said reachesto travel in opposite directions, and means to travel with the clothessupporting reach to prevent the clothes from lying on the idle reachwhen theclothes are accidentally wrapped about the clothes line and toprevent the clothes from dragging over the idle reach, saidmeansconsisting of a plurality of holders successively arranged on theclothes supporting reach, and a plurality of bars, each bar extendingfrom each one of said holders to the next adjacent holder.

22. A clothes line having at least three coextensive members namely twoouter members, and an intermediate member, means to support said membersabove each other so that the lower member and the intermediate membertravel in opposite directions, and means to cause the upper outer memberto travel with and in the same direction as the lower outer member.

23. The combination with a pulleyclothes line having .two substantiallyparallel reaches, means to support said reaches, that they may travel inopposite directions, said reaches constituting a clothes carrying reachand an idle reach, of guard means located above the idle reach andextending lengthwise thereof to prevent the clothes from lying on saididle reach, means to hold the first mentioned means properly spaced fromthe idle reach, and means to support said, guard means to cause it totravel with and in the same directions as the clothes carrying reach.

24. The combination with a pulley clothes line having two reaches,namely a clothes carrying reach and an idle reach, and means to supportsaid reaches to travel in Opposite directions of guard means, and meansto support the guard means above the idle reach' and to cause it totravel with and in the same direction as the clothes carrying reach tothereby prevent the clothes from lying on and dragging over the idlereach.

25. The combination with a pulley clothes line having two reaches namelya clothes carrying reach and an idle reach, and means to support saidreaches for movements back and forth and in opposite directions withrespect to one another, of guard means, means to support the guard meansabove the idle reach tothereby prevent the clothes from lying on theidle reach, and means effective in both directions of travel of theclothes carrying reach to cause the guard plurality of holders, means oneach holder to i hold it on the clothes supporting element substantiallyat right angles thereto, means on each holder to engage the idle elementto keep the holder in a vertical position transversely of the line, andmeans at the upper end of each holder to support the guard element andhold it against movement towards the idle reach.

27. The combination of a pulley clothes line having three substantiallyparallel elements, namely, a clothes supporting element, an idleelement, and a guard element, pulleys to support the clothes supportingelement and the idle element for movements in opposite directions, aplurality of holders, means at the lower end of each holder to engagethe clothes supporting element at opposite sides thereof to hold itsubstantially at right angles thereto, rollers on each holder and at anintermediate position thereof to cooperate with the idle elementat'opposite sides thereof to space the idle element from the clothessupporting element and to hold the holder in a vertical positiontransversely of the line, and means at the upper end of eachholder toassist in holding the guard element and keep it from moving towards theidle element.

28. The combination of a clothes line having a clothes carrying reach,and idle reach, means to support said line-so that said reaches travelin opposite directions, a guard reachcloseto the idle reach, means tocause the guard reach to travel in the same direction as the clothescarrying reach, said guard reach being effective to.

prevent the clothes from lying on and dragging over the idle reach,means whereby all of said reaches may be tightened orv slackened atwill, and a holder to keep said reaches definitely spaced, said holderincluding means to attach it to the clothes carrying reach and; cause itto travel therewith, meansv to facilitate freedom of transit on the idlereach, and means to engage the guard reach, the last mentioned meanspermitting a longitudinal movement of the guard reach relatively to saidholder'during a tightening or slackening operation ofsaid reaches.

- JOHN WALDHEIM;

